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FIREFIGHTING IN URUGUAY (Main Feature Image: Copyright Cortéz) By Ernesto Blanco Calcagno/Airpressman.com The naval Westland Wessex HC MK II was hovering over the Atlantic Ocean at 25 feet (8 metres) indicated on the radio altimeter as the “bambi bucket” hit the water...
Copyright Ernesto Blanco Calcagno/www.airpressman.com (Images courtesy of pilotoviejo.com) Image courtesy of Pilotoviejo. It was a glorious autumn morning, with clear, deep blue skies and a warming golden sun. Mount Rainier stood tall on the horizon with its snow-covered summit as a gatekeeper...
Flying alongside a test pilot, a young technician carries out a Functional Check Flight on Cessna A-37B “Dragonfly” . Copyright Ernesto Blanco Calcagno/www.airpressman.com FAU 276, flown by Major (PAM) Schöpf de returns Durazno after a four aircraft bomb practice mission. Aft...
Ernesto Blanco Calcagno flies this Italian built trainer, Alenia/Aermacchi SF-260EU, much loved as a military trainer Copyright Ernesto Blanco Calcagno/www.airpressman.com “Do you want to do some loops?” my companion asks.  A swift “Yes!” is my reply, and at 180 kt I start...
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